Steve Johnson and Christian Harrison will fight against each other in the quarter of the Fairfield Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on TAD TAUBE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steve Johnson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.51
Christian Harrison -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Christian Harrison
This will be the 3rd time that Steve Johnson and Christian Harrison play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Johnson and Harrison (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Johnson won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Newport back in 2018.
Steve Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-20 | 15-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-28 | 20-18 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-17 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-11 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 227, the American got to the quarter after beating Bernard Tomic 6-3 1-6 6-1 and Tristan Schoolkate 7-64 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (7-64 6-3). During the match, Johnson scored 77 points vs Schoolkate’s 61. Steve was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Johnson made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Steve Johnson was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Steve broke Schoolkate twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Steve has lost 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Johnson has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (280-230). 14-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Johnson has an overall 173-133 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he beat Mikhail Kukushkin in the final 6-4 6-7(7) 7-6(4) and the Lexington Challenger where he beat Arthur Cazaux in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.
The American has an aggregate 19-18 win-loss record in 2023, 14-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Fairfield Challenger
Christian Harrison
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-20 | 10-11 | 0-2 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-13 | 7-5 | 9-4 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-17 | 16-11 | 10-2 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-4 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 616, Christian got to the quarter after defeating August Holmgren 6-4 6-4 and Tennys Sandgren 5-7 6-0 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Sandgren, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-0 6-3). During the match Harrison scored 103 points vs Sandgren’s 80. Harrison was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Harrison blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christian Harrison lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Harrison put 60% of his first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Christian broke Sandgren 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Christian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Harrison has a compiled 12-15 win-loss record in 2023, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Johnson | Harrison |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 47 |
| Pts | 150-122 | 179-143 |
| Total Points | 272 | 322 |
| Winners | 70 | 69 |
| %Winners | 47% | 39% |
Both Johnson and Harrison played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Steve Johnson dropped 1 set, while Christian Harrison lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Johnson and Harrison have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Johnson played 2 games less than Harrison. Johnson scored 70 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 69 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Johnson | Harrison |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 93/143 | 94/150 |
| %1st in | 65% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 70/93 | 69/94 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 31/50 | 28/56 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 50% |
Johnson bagged 16 aces (8 per match). Harrison recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Johnson won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Harrison won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Johnson | Harrison |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 45% | 56% |
| Conceded | 8 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 63% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Steve conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Harrison broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Christian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Johnson | ||||
| R1 Tomic |
R2 Schoolkate |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 1-6 6-1 | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 22 | 45 | |
| pts | 73-61 | 77-61 | 150-122 | |
| Total points | 134 | 138 | 272 | |
| Winners | 34 | 36 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 46/71 | 47/72 | 93/143 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 36/47 | 70/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 77% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 15/25 | 31/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 60% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/5 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 83% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Harrison | ||||
| R1 Holmgren |
R2 Sandgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 5-7 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 27 | 47 | |
| pts | 76-63 | 103-80 | 179-143 | |
| Total points | 139 | 183 | 322 | |
| Winners | 34 | 35 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 34% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/70 | 48/80 | 94/150 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 35/48 | 69/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 16/32 | 28/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 7/13 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 54% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 4/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 57% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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